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Australian gender pay gap data to be revealed from February

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... report on is the unadjusted pay gap. The adjusted pay gap is the gap after controlling for merit-based variables such as education, years of experience, function, industry etc. "Regarding the adjusted pay gap, one of the big issues holding us back from ...

JBWere appoints philanthropic services head

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... improved social and economic outcomes for Aboriginal people and communities. Prior to that, Ward served as state manager of education at Catholic Schools NSW, where she championed educational equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students ...

$200m social housing catalyst for clean energy sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... threats of rising heat and rising costs. But too many families... continue to face heightened risks to their health and education from exposure to extreme summer heat in homes. "Social housing represents some of the least energy efficient homes in the ...

Podcast: 60,000+ years of care for country - Josh Gilbert

THE GREENER WAY  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... a Worimi man who lives and works on country. Josh is a Senior Researcher at the UTS Jumbunna Institute of Indigenous Education and Research and is completing his PhD at Charles Sturt University, focusing on the post-colonial involvement of Indigenous ...

Australia joins COP28 gender and just transition partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... decision making in transition planning, more effective finance flows to regions most impacted by climate change, and education, skills and capacity building to support individual engagement in transitions. The commitments will be reviewed at COP31. Australia ...

Government introduces anti-slavery commissioner legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... there will continue to be a need for active engagement by state and territory agencies such as healthcare, police and education," Cockayne added. "Here in NSW, we are pioneering new efforts to tackle modern slavery through more than $42 billion worth ...

Net zero roadmap shifts public service spending to green

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... fall under non-corporate Commonwealth entities include Services Australia, which delivers Medicare, the Department of Education and the Future Fund Management Agency. This week, the Department of Finance issued the Net Zero in Government Operations Strategy. ...

La Trobe University inks sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... equity, diversity and inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM) research and higher education. La Trobe is undertaking significant investment towards the Science in Australia Gender Equality (SAGE) Silver Accreditation ...

Greenwashing a barrier to responsible investment uptake

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... advice, as well as product comparison and screening tools. Australian Ethical sees a role to play in furthering industry education, Willis said. "We have a strong role to play and we have taken that seriously in the adviser market," she said. " We continue ...

Call for investment to spur ethical fashion education

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... ethical businesses to help scale up production and bring down costs. Investment is also needed in upskilling awareness and education around ethical products, including consistent standards around ethical product certification. The Australian Ethical ...